1. Which of the following ratios indicate high leverage for a corporation? a. High working capital b. High current ratio 2. Which of the following actions does not decrease working capital? a. Paying off long-term bonds three years before the maturity date b. Declaring dividend c. Paying dividend d. Buying machinery for cash 3. Which of the following are changed when a corporation buys equipment for cash? c. High gross margin d. High debt-to-equity ration c. Current Assets d. Shareholder's Equity а. Total Assets b. Total Liabilities

Which of the following will increase the WACC for a tax-paying company? Decrease the proportion of equity financing Decrease the proportion of debt financing Decrease the market value of the equity Increase the market value of the debt

Suppose Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company has an equity cost of capital of 7.9%, a debt cost of capital of 6.4%, a marginal corporate tax rate of 21%, and a debt-equity ratio of 2.7. Assume that Goodyear maintains a constant debt-equity ratio. a. What is Goodyear's WACC? b. What is Goodyear's unlevered cost of capital? c. Explain, intuitively, why Goodyear's unlevered cost of capital is less than its equity cost of capital and higher than its WACC. a. What is Goodyear's WACC? The WACC is %. (Round to two decimal places.)

Which of the following would reduce a firm's WACC after tax? a. A firm invests in an average-risk project using equity, rather than debt financing. b. A supermarket chain decides to establish hardware stores which increases its systematic risk. c. A firm issues shares and uses the proceeds to pay off a bank loan. d. A firm issues bonds and uses the proceeds to repurchase stock. e. A firm significantly improves its operating cost control to boost profits.

Suppose Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company has an equity cost of capital of 8.1​%, a debt cost of capital of 6.6​%, a marginal corporate tax rate of 22​%, and a​ debt-equity ratio of 2.5. Assume that Goodyear maintains a constant​ debt-equity ratio. a. What is​ Goodyear's WACC? b. What is​ Goodyear's unlevered cost of​ capital?   c.​ Explain, intuitively, why​ Goodyear's unlevered cost of capital is less than its equity cost of capital and higher than its WACC.       Question content area bottom a. What is​ Goodyear's WACC?   The WACC is enter your response here​%. ​(Round to two decimal​ places.)

Which statement is correct?a. The cost of debt is determined by taking the present value of the interest payments and principal times one minus the tax rate.b. The difference in computing the cost of capital between using the accumulated profits and issuance of new ordinary shares is the growth rate.c. Increase in flotation costs, increase in the company’s beta and increase in the expected inflation will all lead to d. increase the company’s weighted average cost of capital.e. Increasing the company’s dividend payout would mitigate the company’s need to raise new ordinary shares.f. none of the above